The England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday said that England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is to retire from Test cricket at the end of the Ashes series against Australia because of persistent injury problems. The 31-year-old will continue to make himself available for one-day and Twenty20 fixtures, an ECB statement said. “My body...
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The Ashes: 1st Test: England vs Australia: England saved by draw
England 1st innings AJ Strauss c Clarke b Johnson 30 AN Cook c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 10 RS Bopara c Hughes b Johnson 35 KP Pietersen c Katich b Hauritz 69 PD Collingwood c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 64 MJ Prior b Siddle 56 A Flintoff b Siddle 37 JM Anderson c Hussey b Hauritz...
1st Test: England Vs Australia
Simon Katich scored his maiden Ashes hundred and Australia captain Ricky Ponting also reached three figures to keep England at bay on the second day of the first Ashes Test on Thursday. Australia, at stumps at Sophia Gardens, were 249 for one in reply to England’s first innings 435, a deficit of 186. Left-handed...
